Month: September 2023

In a zigzag course towards the north…

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….from Colorado to Wyoming and on to Montana to the Canadian border.
After Boulder/Colorado we knew we absolutely had to go back up to the Rocky Mountain. The landscape offers so much that you can spend much more time in it. Especially as our next destinations were almost on this desired line of our driving route. Cheyenne/Wyoming was our next stop, which I (Tom) really wanted to drive to; in the end, I was lured by the Union Pacific Railroad museum. Read More

Back to Colorado

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We were really looking forward to California and its stunning nature. At the top of our wish list was Yosemite National Park. Unfortunately, this wish came to nothing for the time being! The Tioga Pass was still closed (snow) and no opening date had been set. A ranger from the National Forest said briefly and dryly that the National Park was not interested in opening the pass and wanted to keep it closed as long as possible. The alternative would have been to drive over the Sonora Pass further north. In the meantime, we surfed around intensively on the internet and were surprised by the rush of visitors for Yosemite N.P.. The waiting times at the respective access roads were hours long and we couldn’t book a place to stay in the park before September, simply everything was fully booked; holiday time! In addition, the weather forecasts indicated very high temperatures, so we definitely postponed Yosemite N.P. until autumn; it is supposed to be even more beautiful at that time of year. Read More